Berg, D.K. (1995) Six fawns in a test-tube
The Deer Farmer
Discusses the worlds first test tube fawn at Ruakura AgResearch, outlining the process of in-vitro fertilisation summarizing the advantages and the steps of the process
Published: 1995-01-01
Document type: Article from The Deer Farmer
Keywords: artificial reproduction, Cervus, red, reproduction
Gregg, P.E.H. (1999) Soils refresher to veterinarians
NZVA Deer Branch Conf. Proceedings
This paper discusses the direct and indirect indfluences that the soil resource has on animal production. Soil is a potential resevoir for infection, its drainage status impacts animal welfare, especially over winter, and soil properties and processes influence the quantity, quality and utlilisation of pasture by animals
Published: 1999-03-31
Document type: Conference Papers/Proceedings
Keywords: productivity, soil, welfare, diseases
Suttie, J.M. (1994) Some attributes of antlers.
Australian Society of Endocrinology
This abstract describes some of the unique properties of velvet antler - most importantly it is the only mammalian organ that regenerates each year and describes velvet's use as a tonic and restorative health product.
The paper suggests that the antler may be a useful model to study bone growth, nerve and blood vessel growth
Published: 1994-01-01
Document type: Conference Papers/Proceedings
Keywords: antler, antler growth, IGF-1, velvet
Drew, K.R. (1984) Some comments about imported deer for velvet antler
Deer Seminar
The impacts that importing deer will have on velvet production and venison production
Published: 1984-01-01
Document type: Conference Papers/Proceedings
Keywords: antler, Cervus, red, velvet, venison